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American and Japanese participants of the TOMODACHI US–Japan Youth Exchange Program in Washington, DC.
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Irene Hirano Inouye (back row, center) and Susan Roos (back row, third from right), wife of former Ambassador to Japan John V. Roos, with TOMODACHI generation university women at the ACCJ Women in Business Summit in May 2013.
What do you hope to achieve over the next year? 8F BSF WFSZ NVDI MPPLJOH GPSXBSE UP XPSLJOH XJUI "NCBTTBEPS ,FOOFEZ JO EFWFMPQJOH OFX QSPHSBNT ćF JOJUJBUJWF XJMM DPOUJOVF UP HFOFSBUF OFX BOE DSFBUJWF QBSUOFSTIJQT DSFBUF JOOPWBUJWF QSPHSBNT UP EFWFMPQ UIF OFYU HFOFSBUJPO PG MFBEFST DVMUJWBUF B HSPXJOH DPNNVOJUZ PG BMVNOJ BOE JOTQJSF BOE FNQPXFS GSFTI OFX WPJDFT GPS UIF 64o+BQBO SFMBUJPOTIJQ t
Please visit the following link for more information on the initiative and for details of upcoming events: http://usjapantomodachi.org/.
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